Gildan Activewear Inc. operates in the Hosiery sector.
In addition to historical fundamental analyses, the complete report available to purchase compares Gildan Activewear Inc. with three other
fabric manufacturers in North America:
Albany International Corp
of the United States
(2017
sales of $863.72 million
of which 68%
was Paper Machine Clothing),
Unifi, Inc.
of the United States
($647.27 million
of which 55%
was Polyester), and
Xerium Technologies, Inc.
which is
also
based in the United States
($481.05 million
of which 60%
was Clothing).

Sales Analysis.
Gildan Activewear Inc. reported sales of C$3.56 billion (US$2.69 billion)
for the
year ending
December of 2017.
This
represents
an
increase of 4.9%
versus 2016, when the company's sales were C$3.40 billion.
Sales at Gildan Activewear Inc. have increased during each of the previous five years
(and since 2012, sales have increased a total of 82%).
Sales of Printwear saw an increase
of
8.8% in 2017, from
C$2.17 billion to C$2.36 billion.
Not all segments of Gildan Activewear Inc. experienced an increase in sales in 2017:
sales of Branded Apparel fell 2.0% to C$1.20 billion.